Duration | 00:28:39.631 |
Abstract | Riness discusses fly fishing for trout in the creeks that form the Coon Creek Watershed around Coon Valley, Wisconsin. He describes his business as a fishing guide taking clients to Rullands Coulee Creek, Spring Coulee Creek, Timber Coulee Creek, Bohemian Valley Creek, and the Kickapoo River. He also discusses the problems of increased fishing pressure, erosion, and pollution. Also discussed are the following topics: Fishing, Coon Valley -- Self-employment -- Beginnings of fishing career, c. 1980s -- Coon Valley, environment problems -- Environmental education -- Familiarity of fishing terrain -- Mississippi river, fishing -- Types of fish to catch -- Fishing technique -- Recreational fishing. |
Interviewee | Riness, Clay |
Interviewer | Stekel, Susan |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Type of resource | sound recording |
Genre | sound |
Genre authority | marcgt |
Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Date published | 1993-06-22 |
Date captured | 2017-09-12 |
Language | eng |
Subject topic | Riness, Clay -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Trout fishing -- Wisconsin -- Coon Valley Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Water quality -- Wisconsin -- Coon Valley Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Timber Coulee Creek (Vernon County, Wis.) Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Coon Creek Watershed (Monroe County-Vernon County, Wis.) Authority: LCSH |
Content | 00:00:40—Fishing, Coon Valley | 00:02:30—Self-employment | 00:07:00—Beginnings of fishing career, c. 1980s | 00:08:50—Coon Valley, environment problems | 00:12:30—Environmental education | 00:14:30—Familiarity of fishing terrain | 00:17:00—Mississippi river, fishing | 00:19:00—Types of fish to catch | 00:23:50—Fishing technique | 00:25:00—Recreational fishing | 00:28:45 -- **sound muffled and almost impossible to hear, removed |
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Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
ID | aa172543-df64-469f-9585-15a8bb4e56e4/wlacu000/00000018/00000095 |
Doi | 18-0095 |